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2004-10-06 Home Front: WoT

Where's the Real Center of the War on Terror?

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Posted by tipper 2004-10-06 11:49|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 They are making it too complicated. All we have to do is catch bin Laden and everything will be fine.

Posted by Rock 2004-10-06 12:32:15 PM|| 2004-10-06 12:32:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 "And President Bush, for his part, has so deeply committed the U.S. military in Iraq, and his administration has so badly fumbled the process of moving responsibility for Iraq security onto the shoulders of Iraqis, that it's hard to see how the U.S. military could, in the coming months or even year, have the manpower and resources needed to do more than strike some Iranian targets with air power if it had to."

Why? This really isn't all that difficult to figure out:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dilatush/iraq.html

Posted by Dave D. 2004-10-06 12:51:10 PM|| 2004-10-06 12:51:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Great list, Dave! May I plagiarize?

Posted by Wuzzalib 2004-10-06 4:09:16 PM|| 2004-10-06 4:09:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Plagiarize, promulgate and promote at will, Wuzzalib.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-10-06 4:19:40 PM|| 2004-10-06 4:19:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "And President Bush, for his part, has so deeply committed the U.S. military in Iraq, and his administration has so badly fumbled the process of moving responsibility for Iraq security onto the shoulders of Iraqis, that it's hard to see how the U.S. military could, in the coming months or even year, have the manpower and resources needed to do more than strike some Iranian targets with air power if it had to." Oh, and how far along in the Korean Conflict were we in raising, equiping and training the Korean forces? Large numbers of untrained formations, suffering casualties which dwarf the American losses. Maybe we are treating the new iraqi volunteer like we treat our own spending the time and effort to train, train, train before being sent into the chaos of war.

As to available forces, just check the number of Regular Army and Marine maneuver battalions with leather on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan against the total available and that will tell you the available force package to do something with. Its up to the planners at Central Command to determine what they need and I suspect they are the ones with the intel and skill to know better than anyone else.

Posted by Don 2004-10-06 6:04:07 PM|| 2004-10-06 6:04:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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